* unto thee.
23 25:6 37:29
* stacte. Heb. nataph.
The Jews and others suppose it to be what was afterwards
called the balm of Jericho, or Gilead.
* onycha.
The word {shechaileth} is generally allowed to denote onycha,
(nail-fish, from its form,) as it is rendered by the LXX. and
Vulgate. It is the shell of the purpura, and of the whole
class of murex; and serves as the basis of the principal
perfumes in India.
* galbanum.
{Chelbenah,} (probably from {chalay,} milk or gum, and
{lavan,} white,) is the gummy, resinous juice of an
umbelliferous plant, the {bubon gumniferum} of Linn(9175)s,
growing in Syria, Persia, and Africa. It rises with a
ligneous stalk from eight to ten feet, and is garnished with
leaves at every joint. The top of the stalk is terminated by
an umbel of yellow flowers which are succeeded by oblong
channelled seeds, which have a thin membrane or wing on their
border. When any part of the plant is broken, there issues
out a little thin juice, of a cream colour, of a fat, tough
substance, like gum ammoniac, composed of many small, shining
grains, of a strong, piercing smell and a sharp, warm taste.
* frankincense.
Le 2:1,15 5:11 24:7 1Ch 9:29,30 Ne 13:5 So 3:6 Mt 2:11
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